Seniors Poisoned by Common Meds
Written By: William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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Published - Dec 16, 2011
Take enough meds, and one's bound to hit you the wrong way -- and if it hasn't happened to you, that only means it hasn't happened to you yet.
More than 100,000 seniors are rushed to ERs every year because of their own meds -- and who knows how many millions suffer in silence at home due to drug side effects.
Now, new numbers show that some of the most commonly used meds are, of course, the meds most likely to leave seniors sick or dead -- and at the top of the list is a class of meds you don't even need in the first place: blood thinners.
Close to a third of all drug hospitalizations of seniors are due to these drugs, and I can't say I'm surprised. The most common blood thinner of all, warfarin, is actually RAT POISON for crying out loud.
If you see it less frequently in the hardware store these days, it's because rats are actually starting to develop a resistance to it.
Humans, not so much.
The rest of the meds on the list are every bit as unnecessary: antiplatelet drugs like aspirin and Plavix were involved in 13 percent of the cases, while a quarter of the incidents involved diabetes drugs such as insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents.
It ticks me off just thinking about all these seniors putting their lives on the line for no reason -- because whether you need to thin your blood, protect your heart or even beat diabetes, you can do it without meds.
And it's a lot easier than you think.
An experienced naturopathic physician (make sure he's got either an MD or a DO after his name) can ease you off toxic meds and replace them with safe and natural alternatives, like fish oil instead of rat poison.
Your own doctor will tell you this is nuts. Tell him that taking rat poison is even nuttier.
Giving the rats a taste of their own poison,